Call it a New Year’s gift from the railways to Mumbaikars.
Aware of the pressures on the existing coaches, the railway ministry last week cleared a proposal to give Mumbai 17 new trains in addition to the 157 already under production.
The additional trains, similar to the 157 being manufactured under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-I), can also run on alternating current instead of direct current alone. The AC/DC-compliant trains not only run faster but also consume less electricity.
Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation MD P C Sehgal on Monday confirmed that the railway ministry had approved the manufacture of 17 additional trains. "The current Western Railway and Central Railway fleet comprises 202 trains. The idea is to have an almost similar number of new trains over the next two to three years," Sehgal said.
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Aware of the pressures on the existing coaches, the railway ministry last week cleared a proposal to give Mumbai 17 new trains in addition to the 157 already under production.
The additional trains, similar to the 157 being manufactured under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-I), can also run on alternating current instead of direct current alone. The AC/DC-compliant trains not only run faster but also consume less electricity.
Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation MD P C Sehgal on Monday confirmed that the railway ministry had approved the manufacture of 17 additional trains. "The current Western Railway and Central Railway fleet comprises 202 trains. The idea is to have an almost similar number of new trains over the next two to three years," Sehgal said.
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